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Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP5) to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

25-29 April 2011 | Geneva, Switzerland

Highlights for Wednesday, 27 April 2011

The fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP5) to the Stockholm Convention convened for its third day in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday, 27 April 2011.

During the morning, delegates convened in plenary and considered issues relating to exemptions, effectiveness evaluation, and non-compliance.

During the afternoon plenary, delegates addressed the reduction of unintentionally released POPs through best available techniques (BAT) and best environmental practices (BEP), information exchange, reporting and other matters.

Contact groups on budget, synergies, finance, and new POPs met throughout the day.